The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-09-08

then serve him.
Rev. James Ratliff. says;
Gods people have been praying
over this question for more than twen-
ty years. I've been praying for it
since | was conyerted. The time is
coming-is right at hand, or will be
the 20 the Of September. A man asked
me, how are the Baptists on Prohibi-
on? replied, they are all for it
except few backsliders. And how
are the Methodists? 0 they are all
for it too except those who have fall
len from grace. This is the truth in
nut she'll. All anti-prohibition chris
tians are either backsliders or have
fallen from grace.
7. j. Pope says;
The whisky traffic is wrong in every
essential feature. The saloonist
stands in Gods word along side of
liar, thief murderer-yet we hear men
who claim to be christians who say
that on the Goth September lhey will
vote against prohibition. | can't
blame so much, those who are uncon-
verted and make no claims to piety,
but for those who claim to be chris
tians, children of God TO advocate sin
and the sinks of wickedness | have no
patience.
In Harvard College was professor
whe understood entomology or the
science OF bugs. The students made
bug by gluing together p arts of differ
ent bugs, and came to the professor in
quiring what sort of a bug is this?
The professor scrutinized-examined
the head, then the wings, the eyes, the
body. Then taking his glasses, he
saw the sell, and handing it back, he
exclaimed, humbug, humbug, gentle
men.
So is any man who claims to be a
christian or a preacher and is against
prohibition. | have often wondered
how they pray. If at all, it must be
for more whisky; more men to sell it
and more to drink it, larger distilleries
and fewer men to oppose. the liquor
traffic, so that the land shall be cover
ed with whisky as the water covers the
channels OF the great deep, and there
shall be reveling and riotirg and
drunkenness in every household and
the whole country be filled with tip.
pliers, and drunkards and sots, and
those rejoicing in the hallucinations
OF delirium tremens. Amen and
amen.
Rev. W. A, Keen says:
am the oldest minister in this
house, was converted 800 yards from
this spot Nov. 10th, 1841, and been in
the ministry until / am now nearly
; worn out, and the worst enemy l have
ever met was whisky, ! belive that
nine tenths of the exclusions from my
church have been brought about by it
| have been battling in the cause O
temperance for forty years and l viii
be in it until die. The works of thu
flesh includes drunkenness and ex
cludes the drunkard from the King
dom of Heaven and how shall it no
exclude him who sells whisky for NJ
. other purpose than to make money
/ Read Gal. 5. 10 to 26. The law of Coz
/ is levelled against all works of tn,
flesh. Prohibitory law was the frs
God gave to man. Thou shalt not ca
OF the tree of the knowledge of goo,
@ and evil. hen in the decalogu
d Chou shalt not" appears in eight @
J. the ten. Then he who is for prohibi
n ton is standing upon solid ground
is The whole law OF God is on our sid
e and any quotation or version that az
d plies otherwise, is perversion, els
! God contradicts himself, which h
II does not and can not do.
IL All law of all civilized nations ar
s. leveled against tle works of the hesl
N and therefore against drunkard NAL
n ers.
1e How many men in Washingto
IS county have right TO make whisky
pit Five. How many who try te do s
i'd are taken to Knoxville, fined 500 an
he imprisoned six months? A great m
v ny. So that all but FIVE, three
to Jonesboro and two at johnson Cit
are already prohibited, Are tho
n five men the people, that all this fu
y is made in the interest of them.
, D want to take those five men from the
thrones as Washington took dow
CORVALLIS at Yorktown to compile
surrender. l want to put them on
~ Lowell with brother Moore, Ratiliff al
Ut these brethren. We must either bril-
we the people up to level with those fl
ho men or we must bring those men doy
ny to level with the people. Viii
iio shall be done?
''' Rev. w. D. Nc Phetridge, says
i'o Geo. S. Kinney is the boss of the
Iee nnnr hnsiness OF Tann He saws.